The 2022–23 Russian First League was the 31st season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 16 July 2022, and will have a 3 month winter break between game weeks 20 and 21 (November to March). For the first time, 18 teams will participate instead of 20 On 23 June 2022, the league was renamed from Russian Football National League to Russian First League.

Stadia by capacity

Team changes

To FNL

; Promoted from FNL2 * Dynamo Makhachkala * Rodina Moscow *

Volga Ulyanovsk Volga Ulyanovsk may refer to * Volga Ulyanovsk Bandy Club Volga () is a bandy club from Ulyanovsk, Russia. Volga currently plays in the Russian Bandy Super League, the highest division of Russian bandy. The team was founded in 1934 and has pl ...

* Shinnik Yaroslavl ; Relegated from

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Arsenal Tula FC Arsenal Tula () is a Russian professional football club from Tula playing in the second-tier Russian First League. Originally founded in 1923, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the Russian Premier League in 2014 for the first time in its histo ...

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (; ) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the Russian Premier League. Founded in 1958, Rubin played its first-ever top flight season in 2003. It has remained there through the 2021–2 ...

* Ufa

From FNL

; Relegated to Second League *

Metallurg Lipetsk FC Metallurg Lipetsk () is an association football club in Lipetsk, Russia, formed in 1957. Their home, Metallurg Stadium, is located on Pervomayskaya Street, 59, in Lipetsk. History Their best result came in 1997 when they came 2nd in the Russia ...

Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd () is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League, and are the largest and best supported Volgograd club. ...

* Tekstilshchik Ivanovo ; Dissolved *

FC Spartak-2 Moscow FC Spartak-2 Moscow () is a Russian football team from Moscow, founded in 1964. It is the reserve club of Russian Premier League team FC Spartak Moscow. History The club has participated in professional competition in the past, as FC Spartak-d Mo ...

* Olimp-Dolgoprudny *

Tom Tomsk FC Tom Tomsk () was a Russian professional football club, based in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The team played in Trud Stadium (Tomsk) before being dissolved in 2022. History The team was previously named ''Burevestnik'' (1957), ''Tomich'' (195 ...

; Promoted to

Torpedo Moscow Football Club Torpedo Moscow (, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. The club will return to the Russian Premier League in the 2025–26 season. Their c ...

Orenburg Orenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is close to the ...

Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh () is a Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier League. The club will return to the Russian First League in the 2025–26 season ...

Stadia by locations

League table

Positions by round

Results by round

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Discipline

* Most yellow cards: 97 ** KAMAZ * Most red cards: 10 ** KAMAZ

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2022-23 Russian Football National League 2022–23 in Russian football leagues Russian First League seasons

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...